1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Maine House District 140
Maine House of Representatives · Maine
Rodney V. Bowers (R) won with 53.3% of the vote, defeating Carl B. Smith (D) by 6.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Rodney V. BowersRepublican · winner
53.3%1,437
Carl B. SmithDemocrat · incumbent
46.7%1,260
2,697 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1990
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET